I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 194



194 – Finding the Tail Is Not Easy

Even though Ariel heard the whole story, she couldn’t help but look suspicious.

She said she trusted Edgar in most things, but this was an exception.

In the first place, a woman dressed in such a revealing outfit was found in her lover’s bed. Where else in the world could one easily trust?

Rather, it could be said that it was fortunate that the fire had not started on the spot.

The only reliable evidence was that the nameless woman was not asleep but she had fainted.

If Edgar was going to cheat on her and have s*x with another woman, it would usually only work if the woman was asleep, so she wouldn’t have any reason to be passed out.

That alone was sufficient to understand to some extent the fact that he was an assassin who disguised himself as Ariel and invaded.

Above all, it was assumed that the strange scent felt on her body was the same as the perfume Ariel used for the first time today.

Probably not, she either had gotten some perfume for this disguise or she most likely stole it from her room and sprayed it on.

In general, it would be correct to view it as the latter.

“Since that’s the case, would you please find out if this woman can sense someone else’s magical power?”

“There is nothing to know. “I don’t feel it at all.”

As if to prove that her suspicions she had not completely subsided, Ariel answered sincerely while pouting her lips.

In fact, one of the biggest reasons why she doubted his words was because she did not feel any traces of someone else’s magic from this woman.

“I was wondering if maybe I couldn’t feel it… “I guess they must have used quite a bit of effort.”

He quenched his appetite with regret at Ariel’s perfect answer

If she had even a trace of Albrich’s magic left in her, she would have been able to use that as an excuse to further her work her her her right now.

Rather than feeling the fear that came from the fact that her life was being attempted, she was just saddened by the fact that she did not have the proper evidence.

“Anyway, this woman is her marquis’ dog, right?”

She asked, looking like she was going to kill the woman with her eyes closed.

To be honest, I wanted to crush that head for trying to take my lover’s life, regardless of whether it was evidence or not, but the fact that I had to endure it for the greater good made me angry.

In order to cool off my anger, I felt like I needed to calm down for a moment and listen to more detailed information.

Moreover, Edgar, the person involved in the case, may have something to point out.

First of all, I shouldn’t be excited right now.

“I do not know either. There is a high possibility that they brought in unrelated ordinary people and manipulated them with magic.”

“… “If that’s true, it’s pretty disgusting.”

She knew that he was a dirty man since he had been doing all sorts of secret things behind his back, but after listening to Edgar’s words, she felt her disgusted her and her grow even more.

There is literally no such thing as degree.

They say it’s to leave no traces, but they’re dragging an unrelated person in to do something like this.

Does she think that if she just erases her memories of her, no harm will come to this woman?

‘No, I guess not that.’

Ariel, whose thoughts reached that point, quickly shook her head and sneered.

She probably thought that it was none of her business whether she was harmed or not.

There is no way that a man who tried to take the symbol of domination that made Hespania so prosperous in the first place and provided a home for the residents of the north out of his own greed could not have such a normal thought.

Feeling that her thoughts were short-lived, she shifted her gaze and pointed with her finger at her woman lying soundly on her bed.

“So what are you going to do with that woman?”

“Well. What is certain is that it would be a bit dangerous to search through memories right now.”

“Why?”

With Ariel’s skills her her her, it is easy to search the memories of an ordinary woman who has lost consciousness.

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It won’t take long, it will be over in the blink of an eye.

Even though this was a fact that Edgar probably knew better than anyone else, Ariel was somewhat puzzled by him showing her negative intentions.

‘I don’t know what kind of trap they may have set.’

But that was because Edgar also had his own thoughts on this.

Of course, he also wanted to immediately ask Ariel to use her magic and search her through her memories of her.

However, from what he heard from Minette in the past, there is also advanced magic that destroys the user’s mind if magic enters the head from outside.

Moreover, the opponent is a man who is said to be the best wizard in the empire.

Even if you don’t want to admit it, your magic skills are unrivaled.

Rather, he may have laid a trap for her, keeping in mind the situation where he would subdue the woman and obtain information from her.

Considering this, we cannot entrust Ariel with a dangerous task right now.

It would be better to wait for her to wake up and find out whether this woman is really Albrich’s limb her or whether she is merely a victim of his misfortune, and it will not be too late for her to act. ＞

“I guess there are some things that are holding me back. “Her arms and legs are tied anyway, so she won’t be able to escape.”

“So, would you rather wake me up now?”

“You just saw it too. “I have no intention of waking up.”

Edgar, who had draped a blanket over the woman who had nowhere to look because of her masculine attire, responded with a bitter smile.

I tried shaking his body, tapping his cheek, and even pouring some water on his face (a little harshly), but he showed no signs of waking up.

Since the goal was to subdue him, he struck without letting go of his hand, so the impact seems to have been significant.

At least it would take a full day for this woman to wake up.

“Let’s think about it slowly. For now, you sleep here for the rest of the day. “I will be watching this woman.”

Edgar said, moving the sleeping employee to the sofa and making room for her.

If one of them was going to have to stay up all night with their eyes open anyway, it was better for him to stand guard.

Because I can’t go and grab Albrich by the collar right now.

However, Ariel reacted sharply to this as if she could not tolerate it.

“Something like that just happened, how can I just leave you alone and sleep peacefully?”

“It can’t be helped.” What if this woman wakes up midway?”

In the end, someone had to do it.

Moreover, compared to Ariel, who sleeps a lot relatively, it was more efficient for Edgar to stay up all night.

However, that was not the true meaning of Ariel’s words

“Fool, that means I’ll stay up too. “I’m so worried that I won’t be able to sleep anyway?”

“What, am I untrustworthy?”

Even if there were more intruders coming in, Edgar was confident that he could deal with them.

This wasn’t really a self-sacrifice, I was just telling her to sleep since there was no reason for two people to stand up for something that only needed one of her.

However, Ariel’s resistance was also quite stubborn, and there was a reason for this.

“I no longer believe the words of a man who left his woman alone and came back half-corpse. “I know that because no matter what you do, we will be together now.”

“Man, did you ever tell a story…” ” …”

Edgar, who didn’t know that he would still cry about that story, was so dumbfounded that he tried to say something.

However, he couldn’t stop talking when Ariel’s hand grabbed the sleeve of his clothes her.

The soft light that leaked from the lamp on the table illuminated Ariel’s profile her, and red eyes filled with that light looked up at him.

The owner of the Grand Duchy, who was always proud and fearless, was nowhere to be found.

There is only a weak girl who no longer wants to close her eyes and tremble in fear that he might disappear.

“… I don’t like it. At least at times like this, it’s within reach of my eyes.”

“…”

In the end, a smile appeared on the mouth of Edgar, who was speechless.

If you think about it, he promised her he wouldn’t do anything to worry her after that, and he almost broke it anyway.

Even a carp would be smarter than this. He realized once again that he was truly stupid.

“Okay. Instead, you can sleep when you’re sleepy, so don’t worry too much.”

“I’m not going to sleep. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll use magic to get through it.”

“Well, my stubbornness is strange.”

Edgar couldn’t help but burst into laughter as he remembered a child trying to hold on while listening to his parents read fairy tales.

The two people headed to bed together, leaving the unknown employee lying on the sofa.

As we leaned back against the backrest and leaned toward each other, we felt a warmth despite the cold early morning air.

“What should I do?”

“I don’t plan on sleeping anyway, so I’ll have to think about it later.

Ariel, who was leaning her head on his shoulder, asked cautiously, but Edgar could not think of a suitable solution at the moment.

‘Should I take them back to Hespania? What if there is no harvest there?’

Minette might be able to break through the defense and search through this woman’s memories of her, but if even that fails, her future is quite bleak.

In the first place, the two currently do not have the means to clearly target Albrich’s head.

Although pushing Albrich today was dramatic in its own way, it was only possible because he reacted in a somewhat strangely sensitive manner.

If Albrich drops his pretense and continues to ignore it, it will only end up back to square one.

Since he won’t appear at the palace as often as he did today, it will become increasingly difficult to interrogate him.

However, it was also a real problem that if you went out in a hurry, you could end up in trouble.

‘At least it would be good if they showed their tail first.’

It would be nice if Albrich proudly declared, ‘I planned all these evil plans.’ But what kind of dark person in the world would do something like that?

If there was a chance, it would be to catch his henchman or someone related to him and expose the truth, but that wasn’t easy either.

‘My head hurts.’

In the end, when this incident, which he thought was an opportunity for a counterattack, ended up only increasing his helplessness, Edgar felt like he could not help but sigh.

At the very least, it was a defeat that he had a complacent mind, thinking that he would not be able to easily commit a secret plan within the imperial palace.

If he hadn’t done that, he wouldn’t have been able to somehow hold on to it.

Even though it was an outbuilding in Amman, how could they think of doing something like that in a place that was within the imperial palace?

Even as Edgar lashed out at his daring enemy’s plan, he could not easily swat away something that was making a squeak in the back of his chest.

‘I don’t want to think about it, but it’s really that one.’

As time went on, the reasoning he didn’t want to harbor began to creep in, and he stuck out his head as if to prove that he was right.

He stroked the back of Ariel’s hand, which was lying forlornly, thinking that it might be difficult to solve this problem simply on their own.

‘Anyway, the fact that the other side is showing their impatience means that this time, on the contrary, it’s time for this side to hold their breath.’

If you touch a wild beast with bristling blades, you will only see blood.

Besides, they were bare-handed and without any proper weapons anyway. It’s foolish to rush in.

If Edgar couldn’t pry something from the woman at the end of his gaze, he planned to return straight to Hespania tomorrow.

One step back for ten steps forward.

And there was someone I needed to meet for a while to relieve the residue left in my heart.

‘I guess I’ll be indebted to my father again.’

It will be quite a long and somewhat rude story.

Nevertheless, Edgar considered it a necessary measure to resolve this question.

Because you can’t say you’ve solved something without leaving the core behind.

The moon, which had been hidden behind the clouds and was pale, rose again.